ACE Cash Express Sells $6,000,000 Texas Lotto Ticket

ACE Cash Express, Inc., the nation's largest check-cashing chain and a significant provider of related retail financial services, sold the winning Texas lottery ticket in Wednesday's $6,000,000 Lotto Jackpot.

ACE customer and Texas' newest millionaire purchased the winning ticket from ACE store #357, located at 4801 South Cooper in Arlington. ACE will receive one percent of the total jackpot for selling the ticket. The customer service representative who sold the ticket will receive a special recognition bonus.

"The excitement from selling the winning ticket is only surpassed by winning the lottery itself," said Ed McCarty, Senior Vice President of Operations. "We sell between 600,000-700,000 lottery tickets per month, so it was only a matter of time before we sold the winning numbers. We congratulate the winner and because they are a valued ACE customer, we will cash their lottery check for free!"

ACE Cash Express, Inc. is headquartered in Irving, Texas and is the largest owner, operator and franchiser of check-cashing stores in the United States. Founded in 1968, the company currently has a network of over 1000 stores, consisting of 885 company-owned stores and 159 franchised stores in 32 states and the District of Columbia. ACE offers a broad range of financial and check-cashing services and is one of the largest providers of MoneyGram wire transfer transactions. In addition, ACE offers money orders, small consumer loans, lottery ticket sales, bill payment services, and prepaid local and long distance telecommunication services.